Sreesanth, 2 others arrested for spot-fixing

S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila have been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell on charges of spot-fixing. All the three players represent the Rajasthan franchise. Seven bookies have been arrested too.

The initial interrogation have revealed that the parts of the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches at Mohali and Mumbai were fixed.Special CP Special Cell SN Shrivastava is supervising the entire operation. There is suspicion on the role of more players

A team led by DCP Sanjeev Yadav were camping in Mumbai to execute this covert operation. They acted on a tip-off followed by call interception of players and bookies.Sources said that the police were waiting for hard-core evidence against the players although they had two earlier opportunities to arrest the accused but let go of them even though they had prima facie proof of spot fixing.

Finally, the arrests happened on late Wednesday night at hotel Trident in Mumbai. The cops have recovered money and proof of the transaction between players and bookies.The accused will be moved to Delhi on a transit remand after being produced at a Mumbai court. They will be interrogated to get to the core of the conspiracy.

Meanwhile, news coming in reveals that 2 foreign players in the Rajasthan side are also involved in spot-fixing. The police allege that a deal was struck for Wednesday's game between Rajasthan and Mumbai - to allow 20 runs in an over. The bookies had offered Rs 60 lakh/Rs 6 million for this to happen.

The matches that are under the scanner are the ones played between the Rajasthan and Punjab on May 9, and the game between the Rajasthan and the Mumbai on April 17.The police is said to have tapped and recorded many hours of phone conversations. News Channel, Times Now have reported that the Delhi police have got video evidence that corroborates whatever was said on the phone.

One of the seven bookies, Jiju Janardhan, who also played domestic cricket with Baroda, who were arrested in relation to the spot-fixing case is said to be S Sreesanth's cousin. Janardhan, along with another bookie who goes by the name Jupiter, is said have close links with the D-Company in Dubai.